Trolley catcher and retriever.



E. L. JEWETT.

TROLLEY GATGHER AND RETRIBVER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2Z, 1911.

1,060,341. Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAP'" COqWASHINDTON. n. c.

EDWARD LEWIS JEWETT, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TROLLEY CATCI-IER AND RETRIEVER.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD LEWIS JEWETT, citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented oer-- tain new and useful Improvements in Trolley Catchers and Retrievers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention about to be described relates to portable trolley-catchers for electric cars which use the overhead trolley, and has for its special object to produce a device used in connection with the retriever by means of which it is adapted to lock with more than one style of socket upon the car dasher and be held firmly in posit-ion.

In a common form of devices for the purpose the catcher or retriever is provided upon one end with fingers or bars which register with and enter depressions on the outer face of the socket, which is bolted on the end of the car dasher; and when the retriever is to be secured to the car the fingers are pushed into the depressions and the retriever is turned about, so that the ends of the fingers pass under the lips which con- 1 nect the depressions and reach a stop pin when a spring catch looks over a lip on the socket.

In order that a catcher or retriever of one construction may be used in connection wlth a socket made to mate with a retriever of a different construction, I provide a device,

termed by me an adapter, consisting of an intermediate member formed on one end with means to engage and lock with the retriever, and provided with means on the opposite end to engage and lock with the socket; all of which I will now proceed to describe and point out in the appended claims.

In the drawings which form a part of and illustrate the invention: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the trolley-catcher or retriever. Fig. 2 is a face view of a common socket adapted to said retriever. Fig. 3 is a side view of a retriever, an adapter, and a socket difiering in dimensions from that shown in Fig. 1, in their relative positions when attached to one another. Fig. 4 is a face view of the adapter to show how itcan be locked to the retriever. Fig. 5 is a section on line at. w. of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a side view of the connected retriever, adapter and a second socket differing in dimensions from that shown in Fig. 2, the latter being shown Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 22, 1911.

Patented Apr. 29,1913.

Serial No. 622,844.

in section, on line 3 y. of Fig. 7 and Fig. 7 1s a face View of the socket D shown in Fig. 6.

In the drawings A represents a trolleycatcher or retriever made in two parts, a and b, which contain the coiled-up rope, one end of which 10 extends outward and is wound around the cleat 9, as is customary when the retriever is removed from its socket B and on its rear end is a latch 5, and the ring 3, having bars or fingers 4 4, which are adapted to enter the slots 4 4 on the socket B and being turned about pass under the lips 12 12 all in the ring 11, and secured in a manner well understood; the extensions 13 13 from the ring 11 are provided with holes through which pass bolts to secure the socket to the car dasher. On one of the extensions 13 is a lip 14 over which the latch 5 catches when the retriever is secured into the socket.

Such arrangements as have been described are in common use, but such a retriever can be secured only to the particular socket described, and my invention provides a means whereby the retriever may be secured to other forms of sockets, which I will now describe.

I provide an adapter or a linking member C of generally tubular, skeleton section having on one side a socket 0 concentric with its ring (Z and opening thereinto, provided with just such parts as have been described of the socket B whereby the retriever A may be secured thereto, as represented in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, in which 4 4 are the peripheral slots, 12 12 the outwardly extending radial lips, and 14 the lip extending from the socket wall beyond the ring, over which is secured the latch 5, and 6 and 7 the studs which limit the motion of the latch, and 8 the pintle on which it is pivoted. Upon the lower portion of this face of the adapter socket is pivoted at g a latch it between the lugs 2', 2', and adapted to be held up by the spring .9, but represented in Figs. 3 and 4 as pulled down in order that the lug e on the edge may be more readily seen, opposite which on the ring d is another lug 0 D represents a socket of larger dimensions than the socket B, and consists of a ring 11 with two extensions 13 13 provided with holes so that it may be secured to a car dasher by bolts; on opposite sides of the ring are slots 4 4 adjoining which are the lips 12 12". When the retriever A is to be secured to a car provided wit-h such a socket as D, towhich it is not directly adapted, it is first secured to the auxiliary socket or adapter C, as has been described, the latch h is pressed back against its springs into a position similar to that shown in Fig. 3, so that its stud f is free from the lip 12 then the lugs e and e are inserted into the respective slots 4 4 and turned under the lips 12 12 and the bolt f of the latch h is released and snapped into the slot 4 into which the lug e was inserted and turned from, and forms a wedge to prevent the said lug from turning back and is held in this position by its spring 8. The position of the retriever is such in all of the figures that the rope 10 will pull from its top, and all the parts correspond to this position.

It will be understood that the socket D and its complementary side of the adapter C may be arranged diiferently than shown, which are simply parts to illustrate the use of the adapter.

In order that the rope 10 will pull from the top of the retriever, as has been stated, it is essential that the detent members at the front and rear of the adapter C shall and the rear of the adapter is provided with detent members comprising the lugs e, 6 supplemented by the stud f of the latch h, adapted to coact with the slots 4 and lips 12 of the socket D. All these detent members occupy such relative positions that the retriever can only'be attached to plan for use in proper 'rotative position to be operative for the purpose for which it is designed.

I claim as my invention:

1. An adapter or intermediate link for the purpose described, of tubular section, consisting of a ring concentric of which and extending from one side is an integral looking device composed of inwardly projecting lips separated by opposite spaces or slots, a lip extending from the locking device beyond the periphery of the ring, lugs on the face of the ring between which is pivoted a latch, with looking lugs projecting from the rim of the ring, as set forth.

2. An adapter or intermediate link for the purpose described of tubular section, consisting of a ring integral with which and on one side is a circular locking device of less diameter and opening into its interior with inwardly projecting lips separated by opposite spaces or slots, a lip extending from the wall of the locking device beyond the ring, opposite which are lugs on the ring wall, a latch pivoted between the lugs, with looking lugs or detents project: ing from the outer face of the ring, as set forth.

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, this 13 day of April, A. D. 1911.

EDVVARD LEWVIS JEWETT. Witnesses:

DONALD MOKELLAR, S. CORNELIUS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing tlte Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

